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Pope Francis offered his prayers for the people of Texas and Louisiana struggling to cope with the devastating impact of Hurricane Harvey and he praised all those engaged in rescuing and caring for the thousands of people forced out of their homes.

The project was initially announced in April , with Netflix picking up the exclusive rights. Glen Ballard, the six-time Grammy Award-winning music composer and producer of Alanis Morissette 's " Jagged Little Pill " and Michael Jackson 's " Bad ", provides the original score for the series.

Those fires include the Ponderosa Fire, which has burned 5.75 square miles near Oroville and is now 30 percent contained. California Gov. Jerry Brown has declared a state of emergency for another wildfire as scorching temperatures complicate firefighters' efforts to extinguish blazes.

Milch was originally brought on to help Pizzolatto craft the third season and he also helped write the one episode in the series. "I'm tremendously thrilled to be working with artists at the level of Mahershala and Jeremy", Pizzolatto said.

Happy first year Albus, Scorpius and Rose! Fan hub Pottermore livestreamed as fans from all over the world traveled to one meaningful place to celebrate 20 years of Harry Potter as well as 19 years later . Hundreds of thousands of tickets to the show have already been sold, as well as millions of copies of the published manuscript, which was released in July 2016.

Forty-nine-year-old Glenna Duram of Sand Lake learned her sentence Monday after a jury found her guilty of first-degree murder and a felony firearm charge last month. She was convinced the parrot witnessed her son begging his wife for his life before turning the gun on herself, and mimicked his owner's final three words, however police later dismissed the video as inadmissible.

But the award-winning actor has starred in no less than five full-length movies directed by Scorsese, including the 2006 crime drama, " The Departed ", which won several Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Todd Phillips will be in the director's chair for The Joker origin story working from a script he co-wrote with the assistance of 8 Mile scribe Scott Silver.

The short walk to board Marine One resonated with those who like to pay attention to Melania's latest fashion finds, and how the former model puts together various looks. "By the way, she didn't wear those shoes down in Texas, she wore them onto the plane and, by the way, she can wear whatever she wants". "If You're More Concerned About Melania's Shoes Than Harvey Victims, You're The Problem", a headline in the Federalist read.

The rusher of the Dallas Cowboys Ezekiel Elliott and the Association of NFL players have filed a lawsuit against the league, arguing that the investigation was concluded by the circuit Goodell to impose a suspension of six games to the player-feature is "a farce".

Berman is perhaps most famous for playing Larry's father Nat on HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm . He went on to perform standup and produce several comedy albums, winning the first Grammy Award for a non-musical recording in 1959 for Inside Shelley Berman .

Not for, you know, being super creepy all on their own. Also contributing to the spread of coulrophobia - fear of clowns - was FX's American Horror Story , which featured a horrifying clown named Twisty, who sported a prosthetic grin and blood-stained pierrot-like outfit.

According to GossipCop.com, West's policy has exclusions for pre-existing medical conditions, excessive alcohol use, possession of illegal drugs, and prescription drug abuse. It also alleges that the problems that caused the tour cancellation were "not beyond the control", of West and his touring company and that facts relevant to the investigation were "willfully concealed and or misrepresented".

Last night's opening episode averaged around 6.5 million viewers. The Great British Bake Off is back, but not as we know it. Love Productions and Channel 4 began the series' eighth season Tuesday night by introducing a new roster of amateur bakers, all competing to be the last one standing after weeks of serving biscuits, scones, cakes and pies to the judges.

Just yesterday, Joy-Anna Duggar announced her pregnancy - and now the mama-to-be is already flaunting her adorable baby bump on social media. We can't wait to meet this little one!' "Every child is such a previous gift from God". Joy ends the announcement with an appreciative message to her fans: "Thank you to all you fans for keeping up with our life, and for supporting us, and for your love, and encouragement".

A new composer for the series has not yet been announced, but the 29th season will premiere on Sunday, October 1. Unfortunately, and according to the Variety , Clausen has just been fired from the show, his last score having been season 28's finale.

Hell breaks loose when the female hears the walkers approaching the convenience store, then the gruesome action ensues - with surprising digitized versions of the show's characters serving as cameos. If 2016 had you chasing Squirtles through your office bathroom, there's about to be a new augmented reality game in your life. This is the same company behind another Walking Dead game called No Man's Land so they have the experience with the IP.

United Way Worldwide, which is a private charity organization that fights for health, education, and stability internationally, confirmed that every dime donated to Leo's fund will go toward helping those affected by the natural disaster. This isn't the first time that The Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation has provided support to disaster relief aid. Many celebrities have pulled out their pocketbooks to help Harvey victims in recent days including Sandra Bullock , who on Tuesday donated $1 ...

And I'm writing it now, I can't wait", she shared. It just really makes me just really upset. Way to go, Miley and Ellen! Many followers acknowledged other celebrities that gave more. While she was busy singing Miley's praises, DeGeneres made a huge donation of her own. So far, the Houston Texans star has raised more than $7 million and the amount keeps growing.

The brothers, with Prince William's wife, Catherine in tow, visited the Sunken Garden at Kensington Palace in London . The 36-year-old princess died in the early hours of August 31, 1997. Graham Smith, the CEO of Republic which wants the monarchy abolished, told Julia Hartley-Brewer: "In the long term I think [Diana's death has] actually probably put [the Royal Family] in a very unsafe place, because they're sort of now relying on sort of the celebrity game".

The star looked absolutely stunning as usual with her flawless features complimented by mascara and a light pink lip color. The 21-year-old model has graced the covers of countless fashion magazines and has walked in a number of runway shows in the last few years, but that isn't enough for some angry fashion lovers who think the TV personality doesn't deserve the ringing endorsement.

There's 1980s Han, Princess Leia , Chewbacca and C-3PO as well as a buildable Mynock (so basically Empire Strikes Back ), but if you want to go sequel trilogy, there's Old Han, Rey, Finn, and BB-8 plus some Porgs. The interior even includes a recreation of the Dejarik holographic game, which is just nuts. Once built, Han Solo's iconic starship will measure 33 inches long, 22 inches wide and 8 inches tall.

She simply said the combination of medication and alcohol impaired her judgment. The combination of the two is just not a good combination. Did you expect Olympios to apologize to Jackson? First off, she has no ill-will towards DeMario .

Robert Lee IV noted that we can all draw inspiration from the participants of the Black Lives Matter movement, the women who took part in the Women's March , and of course, Heather Heyer , "who died fighting for her beliefs in Charlottesville ".

In addition to seeing the realistic scale of the new model Replicants, we are getting a glimpse of just how menacing this new villain will be. Collider has shared a new prequel short film for Blade Runner 2049 . We learn that some sort of food shortage crisis resulted in mass starvation, and Wallace holds patents to the technology which helped cease said crisis.

Actor and puppeteer Matt Vogel has made his debut as the new voice of Kermit the Frog in a new YouTube video . Listen to Kermit's new voice below. "At the same time, I also have insight into their limitations with respect to how well they know the Muppets ". " The Muppets Studio thanks Steve for his tremendous contributions to Kermit the Frog and The Muppets franchise".